{"id":88619,"date":"2019-07-04T12:17:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=88619"},"modified":"2019-07-04T15:44:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T19:44:18","slug":"veteran-owned-company-releases-betsy-ross-t-shirt-to-counter-nike-shoes-being-pulled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=88619","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Owned Company Releases Betsy Ross T-Shirt to Counter Nike Shoes Being Pulled"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New York Daily News published an article<\/a> saying that Veteran-owned company Nine Line Apparel has offered a limited edition Betsy Ross t-shirt to counter or fuel controversy surrounding Nike pulling its now infamous “Betsy Ross” flag shoe over complaints by Colin Kaepernick.<\/p>\n

A veteran-owned apparel company is calling out Nike over scrapped plans to release a shoe featuring the Betsy Ross flag for the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n

Nine Line Apparel, a Georgia-based company founded by retired Army Capt. Tyler Merritt, introduced a shirt featuring the Revolutionary War-era flag as a direct response to the controversy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sady, I think the groundwork has been laid and anyone who buys this shirt will be labeled a racist for wearing a symbol of hate as Kaepernick would describe it.<\/p>\n

Yet another twist in the new national past time sport of “Who’s a racist?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

It reminds me of the Salem Witch Hunts and Trials in the 1690s<\/a> – if you disagreed with the hunts for witches, you must be a witch yourself.<\/p>\n

It is also similar to the McCarthy hunt for communists<\/a> in our midsts in the late 1940s and into the 1950s – otherwise known as “The Red Scare.”<\/p>\n

The similar idea – whether the theme is witches, communists or racists – it is designed to breed mistrust among us.\u00a0 This mistrust can then be leveraged for the desired outcome politically, financially, or other goals.<\/p>\n

Let’s call this for what it is – labeling somebody a “racist” is in most cases a way to control their free speech.\u00a0 It is bullying someone into staying silent in opposition to the bully’s point of view.<\/p>\n

As the economy improves, expect the people that detest this administration to become more vocal and put the focus on things that both divide us and distract us.<\/p>\n

By the way – kudos to the authorities in Portland for calling for anti-mask laws during protests, feeling as it contributes to the tendency for violence.<\/p>\n

[facetious]<\/span><\/p>\n

So, Happy 4th of July you bunch of flag-waving, racist, inbred, deplorables!<\/p>\n

[\/facetious]<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish the same to the rest of you as well.<\/p>\n

As Americans, my hope is that we can all come together and avoid breeding mistrust.\u00a0 It is a transparent tactic that people are all too willing to get behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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